Tharcisse Renzaho

Tharcisse Renzaho (1944-) was a Colonel in the Rwandan Army who was known for his role in the Rwandan Genocide.

Biography
Tharcisse Renzaho was born in Gaseta, Kibungo Prefecture, Ruanda-Urundi, Belgium. Educated as a military engineer in Belgium, Germany, and France, he rose to the rank of Colonel in the Rwandan Army, and he became Governor of Kigali under President Juvenal Habyarimana. During the Rwandan Genocide, he was responsible for setting up roadblocks to intercept fleeing Tutsis and kill them, dismissing politicians opposed to the genocide, ordering the capture and murder of Tutsis, equipping genocidal Hutus with AK-47s, and ordering the murder of the journalist Andre Kameya. In 2009, Tanzania sentenced him to life imprisonment for his involvement in the war crimes.